Muhammad and the Golden Bough: Reconstructing Arabian Myth

Demonstrates the existence of a coherent pre-Islamic Arabian myth that was subsequently incorporated into Islamic poetic tradition. This book dissects the Arab-Islamic myth built around Muhammad's unearthing of a "golden bough" from the grave of the last survivor of an ancient Arab people.

• | Author: Jaroslav Stetkevych
• | Publisher: Indiana University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 22, 2000
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780253214133
• | ISBN-10: 0253214130